I thank you God, says the Pharisee that I am not unkind.
Grasping, unjust like the rest of mankind .
We ask, are we that Pharisee or of his mind .
Not the tax collector and of his mind.

Why can’t we like the tax collector just say.
God be merciful to me a sinner.
That surely is the only way to pray.
Better to be an occasional loser than a winner.

Everyone who exalts himself will  be humbled.
But the man who humbles himself will be exalted.
Better to be sometimes reviled.
Than falsely praised.

We say this , we write it.
But do we really mean it.

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If we are humbled
We surely are exalted
Or we so pretend

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See Luke 18: 9-14